Question

【題目】Jim and Danny first met when they were 6 years old. They became best friends, spending their summers together in a seaside town. In those early years, they went hiking almost the whole summer. They learned to sail before they were 10. The year they turned 11, their parents sent them both to the same boys camp in New Hampshire. There they began to love the overnight trips.

When they were 15, they spent a summer in Quebec camping in an old tent. The year after graduating from college, they drove to Central America and rode a train through jungles.

After that. they went their separate ways. Jim took a job as a teacher at a school. Danny became a journalist and lived in Boston. They sent each other Christmas cards, but found it difficult to stay in touch. Their careers took them in different directions, giving them different experiences.

The years went by. They aged. They both turned 60. And then, miles apart, they both woke up one morning and knew it was time to retire. Both of them realized it was time to leave the jobs that had kept each of them excited for 35 years.

It was time to begin a new chapter of life.

Danny had heard about a research project in Argentina. A team of scientists was searching for

the planets oldest dinosaur fossils(化石). And the team wanted some volunteers.

Danny called his friend of 55 years. He told him about this project. Then, he asked him whether he would consider going on such a trip. The answer was: Yes!

A few months later, just retired, they were setting up a tent at the foot of the Andes. Every day for the next two weeks, they hiked across the desert, searching for the fossils of ancient animals.

Late at night, lying in their sleeping bags, they looked up at the cold black sky. They talked about the time they had camped in the past.

As Jim and Danny had back then, they started to laugh. They couldnt stop.The years between them fell away. Circles reconnected. They were boys again.

【1】Did Jim and Danny do many same things when they were young?

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【2】When did they begin to love the overnight trips?

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【3】How did they keep in touch just after they went their separate ways?

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【4】Why was it time for them to begin a new chapter of their life?

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【5】What were they doing while they were hiking across the desert?

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【6】According to the passage, what does the underlined part They were boys again. mean?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes, they did. /Yes.

【2】At the age of 11/Eleven /11 /When they were 11/(years old.)

【3】By sending each other Christmas cards./ They sent each other Christmas cards.

【4】Because it was time for them to leave the jobs retire( and have a new start.)

【5】They were searching for the fossils of ancient animals.

【6】They were best friends again just as they used to be. / They returneed to the happy time when they were young. They found the happy time when they were young boys. / They returned with a young heart /Some friendships last forever/a lifetime, even when everything else changes /.(Any reasonable answer can be accepted.)

【解析】這篇短文講述的是Jim和Danny的故事，他們從小就在一起做自己喜歡的事情。大學畢業(yè)后，他們分開了，聯(lián)系沒有那么密切了。但是退休以后，他們又可以去做自己童年時喜歡做的事情，又找回了過去快樂的時光。

【1】根據(jù)短文開頭的They became best friends, spending their summers together in a seaside town. In those early years, they went hiking almost the whole summer. They learned to sail before they were 10. The year they turned 11, their parents sent them both to the same boys camp in New Hampshire.這幾句話可知，Jim和Danny從小就在一起做很多事情，如一起去徒步旅行、學習航海，11歲的時候，他們還一起去了一個男孩營地。由此可知這個題目的答案是肯定的。

【2】根據(jù)短文中. The year they turned 11, their parents sent them both to the same boys camp in New Hampshire. There they began to love the overnight trips.可知，在他們11歲的時候，他們的父母送他們去了一個男孩的夏令營，在那里題目開始喜歡上了通宵旅行。由此可知答案。

【3】根據(jù)短文中They sent each other Christmas cards可知，在他們分開以后，他們是通過彼此送圣誕節(jié)卡片來保持聯(lián)系的。

【4】根據(jù)短文中They both turned 60. And then, miles apart, they both woke up one morning and knew it was time to retire可知，Jim和Danny在大學畢業(yè)后有了各自的工作，雖然他們通過圣誕節(jié)卡片保持聯(lián)系，但還是不如他們小的時候那樣�，F(xiàn)在他們都到了退休的時候了，要開始生活里新的篇章了。

【5】根據(jù)短文中they hiked across the desert, searching for the fossils of ancient animals.可知，他們穿越沙漠，尋找古代生物的化石。由此可知答案。

【6】這個題目要求我們正確理解文章的最后一句話。根據(jù)文意可知，Jim和Danny小時候經常一起做很多事情，他們是最好的朋友。大學畢業(yè)后，他們有了各自的工作，彼此的聯(lián)系也少了。但后來他們退休以后，Danny聽說了一個研究項目，他邀請他的好朋友Jim一起去參加，他們一起穿越沙漠，晚上一起在睡袋里。他們又回到了從前，又可以像以前一樣一起做自己喜歡的事情了。答案不是唯一的，符合文意即可，如They were best friends again just as they used to be. 、They returned to the happy time when they were young. 、They found the happy time when they were young boys. 、 They returned with a young heart等。